three sides; small offering stand
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
sea gauge; draft; draught
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
general; popular; common; typical
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
convenience for transportation; convenience of access (by road or rail)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
perfect; complete; flawless
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
in the end; at the end of the day
diligent; absorbed (in something)
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
how long; how far; how much
to give directions; to issue instructions
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
nap; short sleep; first sleep of silkworms
time; hour; period; class
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge